. >>> on a regular day in toms river new jersey police dispatchers handle 250 calls for service. >> but sandy made landfall in the first 24 hours, that number shot up to 1300 calls. they were looking for help from frantic residents. those were the calls they got they got calls from people surrounded by water in their homes or cars. for the next 16 hours, 9 dispatchers didn't move from their phones. most of the calls were coming in from areas that weren't undermandatory evacuation. >> do i leave or do i go in the attic ori can't leave -- i am sorry. >> i understand you are excited just calm down and listen. are you there by yourself. >> yes. >> okay. grab extra warm clothes okay go up to the second story. or the attic whatever you have and hang out up there. >> that must have been so scary for people. for all the river police say they made 400 rescues and that was not even one fatality involved in that. so certainly that's something to celebrate but you hear the panic in people's voices. >> absolutely. >> i foal bad for them. >> this was not a mappedtory zone so the impact of the -- mand